Painting and Finishing Techniques

A well-conceived and illustrated book that offers more than the typical help (prime/paint/weather), in the sense that it often shows when to assemble and paint what, a really important yet often glossed-over topic for people who, like me, are still sometimes stomped by this tricky part of modelling. Edmundson's book is organized by topic, instead of individual builds; it stays on subject; photos are very well coordinated with the text. Above all the author assumes that the reader doesn't know a whole lot and explains things clearly and in sequence. Because it deals with painting and finishing, rather than building, no space is given to working with resin, after-market parts or scratch building. That's actually much to the good because folks that use these advanced techniques probably don't need a book anyway.